Sevkar
Coordinates: 41°01′11″N 45°08′33″E / 41.01972°N 45.14250°E
| Sevkar Սևքար | |
|---|---|
|
The village of Sevkar | |
  Sevkar Սևքար | |
| Coordinates: 41°01′11″N 45°08′33″E / 41.01972°N 45.14250°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Tavush |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vladimir Margaryan |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 2,193 |
| Time zone | (UTC+4) |
Sevkar (Armenian: Սևքար, also Romanized as Sevk’ar; formerly, Karadash) is a village in the Tavush Province of Armenia and the birthplace of the Armenian revolutionary leader Sevkaretsi Sako. The meaning of the name in Armenian is "Black Stone." The original name of the village was "Karadash", which also means "Black Stone" in Turkish.
References
- Sevkar at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
Capital: Ijevan | ||
| Urban communities |  | |
| Rural communities |
| |
| Non-community settlements | ||
| Abandoned settlements | ||
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.